Lady s hat-fastener



(No Model.)

E. MGGORMIGK. LADYS HAT FASTBNER.

No. 505,719. Patented SepLZ, 1893.

UNITED STATES NPATENT OFFICE.

ELLEN MCOORMICK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LADYS HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,719, datedSeptember 26, 1893. Application filed March 6 1893. Serial No. 464,805-(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN MCCORMIOK, of the city of St. Louis and Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFasteners for Ladies Hats, of which the followingis afull, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in fasteners for ladies hats andconsists in the novel arrangement and combinations of parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter described and designated in the claim.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple but durable deviceof this kind, which is adapted to be secured within the hat, and soconstructed that the same is in a continuous piece passing around therear of the head and may be secured to the hair by the use of ordinaryhair-pins and to the hat upon opposite sides of the wearers head.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a View of a female head showing myVinvention applied thereto, with the hat designated by dotted lines.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hat fastener particularly showing itsapplication with the `hat indicated by the dotted lines. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view taken through a hat, showing themanner of securing the device to the same. Fig. Il is a perspective viewof the improvement detached from the hat.

Referring to the drawings, my invention consists of a length of wire lbent to conform to the shape of a U. Depending downwardly from each endof the Wire l and at intermediate points throughout its extent are wires2, which are substantially in the shape of a staple, with the free endssoldered with the wire 1. I preferably use four of the intermediatewires 2 which are located equi-distant from each other. The wire 3 toone side of the center is provided with a projecting portion It, whichis part of the length of the wire and which is located at right angleswith the wire 3.

The term Wire as applied to the staplelike projections is thought to besufficiently explanatory to enable a clear understanding of what isintended.

The wires 2 from the center wires to the end ones are covered by anetting 5, such as often used for holding the hair in position, thusleaving a space 6 between the two center wires 2. Across this spaceprojects the wire 4, which is adapted to be inserted through the lowerend of the wire 7 next adjacent to the wire 3 and held therein by anordinary hair-pin, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The frame as above described is adapted to be held in the rear side ofthe interior of the hat 8, as particularly shownin Figs. 2 and 3.

The device is held in place by means of staples 9 which are secured inthe crown of the hat, but the saine could be secured in the hat bystitching or other means without materially altering the idea of myinvention.

Vhen the device is in position in the hat, and it is desired to securethe same upon the head, the wire 4 is placed through the lower end ofthe wire 7 and a hair pin inserted through the same and into the hair.

In order to secure the hat against being blown backwardly by the wind orother cause, I also place hair pins through each of the extremities ofthe frame, as shown in Fig. 4, said hair pins being inserted through thewires 2.

As the device is made of practically invisible netting and of smallwires, it is an easy matter to arrange the same upon the head so that itwill not be seen and prove unsightly, as the same projects but slightlybelow the rim of the hat.

From the above it will be seen that myimproved hat fastener is adaptedVto be fixed within the hat, and is constructed in a U- shape, so as tocontinuously pass around the rear of the wearers head and be secured tothe hair upon both sides of the head at different points in its length.

Iam aware that hat-fasteners have been constructed of small separateplates carrying means for securing same to the hat and to the hair, butin all of such devices the plate has such construction that the abovefunctions cannot be performed by it, because it is not U-shaped, and isnot in a continuous piece adapted to pass around the rear of the headand simultaneously engage opposite sides of the head, as in my improvedhat fas- 5 tener.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is The improvedfastener for ladies hats, constructed With a frame of wire 1, bent t0 U-ro shape in plan view, staples 2 having one end secured to said wire land their bodies 1ocated vertically, a netting 5 secured to said frameand to said staples, so as to leave a space 6 in the rear to be engagedby the Wearers back-hair, and a fastening wire/ projecting across thelower portion of this space, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELLEN MCCORMICK.

Witnesses:

HERBERT S. ROBINSON, ALFRED A. EIcKs.

